Compiz Skydome

FLCL · 03-05-2009, 06:08 PM

So i've been trying to test out skydome for a while now but cannot seem to get it working. I have it enabled and a picture selected but when i go into the cube there is no background. What gives? Im assuming it has to meet a certain resolution, most likely one that matches my screen/desktop resolution; would i be correct in guessing this? I am running suse 11.1 and KDE 3.5.10, please help

camorri · 03-06-2009, 06:52 PM

Here is a link to a How-To.

http://dreamlinuxforums.org/index.php?topic=1125.0

FLCL · 03-08-2009, 04:46 AM

I already know hot to set the background. The problem is even with it set, it will not show up. It's enabled, path chosen to the background image, but nothing; still a black background.

camorri · 03-08-2009, 06:40 AM

Hmmm, it works for me. I used a jpeg image I shot with my own camera. Only other thing I can think of, is check the file permissions. My pics are in my home directory and I own them. The image I used is 1024x768. My monitor is set for 1280x1024. The image gets expanded to fit.

CSSM is show as version 0.7.7.

I case this has something to do with the image you are using, post where I can download it, I'll give it a try and see what happens...

FLCL · 03-09-2009, 03:25 PM

Yeah, I should have ownership but ill check them, also im using a png image, could this be a problem? I have png support enabled in compiz settings though. Ill try a jpeg and see if that gets any result. Im not home right now so i cant do anything with the image, but if all else fails ill upload it when im home

FLCL · 03-09-2009, 10:41 PM

Hm,the image size is 1024x1024, my screen resolution is set to 1280x1024 as well. The image im trying to use is this http://www.imagedash.com/uploads/arx1236655899f.jpg I have the image in my home folder, i have permissions for it, but it will not show skydome and it's getting rather annoying. It's one of the last parts i need to complete my theme >.<;;

camorri · 03-10-2009, 09:22 AM

I can see the image, if I click the link, however I can not download it and try it.

I got it to work. Here is what I did... I used FF to go to the link, it displayed the image. I clicked on the image, did a save, as a jpeg image.

I put that in Skydome, with the full path, it displays well. What I can not tell you, is, the image may be altered, in some way not very obvious. It looked the same to me in both FF and as a skydome background image. Nice pic...